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After Months of Bitter Debate, Senate Passes Landmark Health Bill Republicans delayed the vote until the morning of Christmas Eve, but just after 7 o'clock today, the Senate passed its version of healthcare reform with a bare 60 votes and promptly recessed until next year. President Obama called it a " historic… landmark ," the most important piece of social legislation since the Social Security Act of the 1930's; Republicans called it "a lump of coal in the Christmas stocking of every American." Liberal Democrats are divided over the next step: to help reconcile the Senate and House version s or kill both bills and start over again. Republicans say the fight is not over for them, either. We look at what's next.
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Obama Corrals Conservative Democrats on Capitol Hill President Obama went to Capitol Hill today to meet with Senate Democrats who are beginning work on his $3.6 trillion budget proposal. Adriel Bettelheim is White House correspondent for CQPolitics.com .
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Obama Corrals Conservative Democrats on Capitol Hill President Obama went to Capitol Hill today to meet with Senate Democrats who are beginning work on his $3.6 trillion budget proposal. Adriel Bettelheim is White House correspondent for CQPolitics.com .
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President Obama's Big Earmarks Problem During last year's campaign, Barack Obama promised to cut congressional earmarks by half. But today he said he will sign a $410 billion-budget bill with no less than 8500 pet projects, just to keep the government going. Adriel Bettelheim is White House correspondent for CQPolitics.com .
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